1. Handbook
  2. Subjects
  3. Special Topics in Economics 2

Special Topics in Economics 2 (ECON90067)

Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5Not available in 2026

You’re viewing the 2026 Handbook:
Or view archived Handbooks

Overview

FeesLook up fees

The substantive content of the Special Topics subject will include current research projects being conducted by Faculty staff and/or visiting scholars.

Alongside the Economics Thesis Workshop, which enhances the preparation of the student’s research project, Special Topics will provide graduate-level engagement with contemporary work in Economics in the student’s own area, or in cognate sub-disciplinary areas.

Special Topics is an opportunity for students to expand their repertoire and demonstrate their graduate-level knowledge in other areas of the discipline. It provides a forum that will inform the research and project development of Graduate Research Degree students, assisting in the framing of research questions and the development and articulation of argument and evidence.

Intended learning outcomes

On successful completion of this subject, students should have:



  • a detailed knowledge of contemporary scholarship in the particular field of Economics addressed;
  • an increased awareness of the range of contemporary scholarship in Economics;
  • the ability to critically assess contributions to the literature;
  • the skills needed to formulate and analyse models used in that field of Economics;
  • the ability to prepare and present original research papers in that field.

Generic skills

On successful completion of this subject, students should have improved the following generic skills:

  • oral communication,
  • written communication,
  • interpretation and analysis,
  • critical thinking,
  • synthesis of data,
  • evaluation of data,
  • accessing data and other information from a range of sources.

Last updated: 19 November 2025